Baldur's Gate 3 cost to play

Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3) is a single-player and co-op role-playing game sold at a one-off price. It has no in-game purchases or random items, so this page covers what the game costs and how many people play it.

How it plays

Baldur's Gate 3 is a story-driven, party-based role-playing game set in the Dungeons & Dragons world of the Forgotten Realms. You create your own character from 12 classes and 11 races of the D&D Player's Handbook, or play as one of seven Origin heroes with their own backgrounds, including the Dark Urge, and recruit companions to travel with you.

Larian describes a world built for exploration, with verticality a big part of it: you can sneak, shove, climb and jump on the way from the caverns of the Underdark to the rooftops of Baldur's Gate. Choices in conversation and in the world shape the story, and companions react to them. Combat follows the D&D 5e rules, with team-based initiative, advantage and disadvantage, three difficulty settings and a harder Tactician mode.

You can play alone or online with a party of up to four, fighting together or splitting up to follow separate quests.

What it costs

At standard price the game costs £49.99 on Steam UK and £57.99 on the PlayStation Store UK. The Digital Deluxe content is an £8.50 add-on on Steam; on PlayStation the Digital Deluxe Edition costs £65.99, £8.00 more than the standard game. On the Xbox Store UK (Xbox Series X|S) it costs £57.99, the same as on PlayStation. On 3 October both Steam and PlayStation had the game 30% off (£34.99 on Steam, £40.59 on PlayStation); we record the standard prices, and Steam was back at £49.99 when we rechecked on 28 October 2026.

Players

The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 76,065 concurrent players on 3 October 2026, more than three years after the game's August 2023 release. Its all-time peak on Steam is 875,343. PlayStation players aren't counted.

Crossplay

Baldur's Gate 3 has cross-play: Larian's cross-play FAQ says it lets you play "with your friends - no matter the system they use". Turn on Allow Cross-play under Options, Gameplay; it needs your game linked to a Larian account, and friends are added by their Larian account name.

How we checked

Prices are the Steam UK and PlayStation Store UK listings, read on 3 October 2026; the Xbox Store UK price and the Steam recheck are from 28 October 2026. Player figures are from Steam Charts on 3 October 2026. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.

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